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Drought in Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico
Drought August 1, 2011 – August 31, 2011 · Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
All of Luna County was in Exceptional(D4) drought at the beginning of August with the whole county at Extreme(D3) drought at the end of the month. The Deming Airport reported 1.29 inches of rain in the month which brought the yearly total up to 2.32 inches. Normal precipitation through August at Deming is just over 6 inches.
The wider storm
Some monsoon moisture gave a reprieve to the ongoing drought conditions, but just about all areas of Southern New Mexico remained at least in Extreme(D3) drought.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 331995. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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